Preferred term
climatology
Is replaced by
Definition
- [GEMET] That branch of meteorology concerned with the mean physical state of the atmosphere together with its statistical variations in both space and time as reflected in the weather behaviour over a period of many years.
Broader concept
Note
- [controlled by ] Giorgio Matteucci, 23/05/2013
Scope note
- US LTER controlled vocabulary
Contributor
- nsb@ceh.ac.uk@ceh.ac.uk
Creator
- herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at
In other languages
Chinese (Taiwan)
- 氣候
French
- climatologie
URI
http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/USLterCV_111